Category Archives: Features

Feature stories from our staff, including profiles of people and places of interest to our community.

A Thanksgiving Feast

By Owen Prusek  It’s the most wonderful time of the year: Thanksgiving Break. For as long as I can remember, Thanksgiving has…

Puppies & Yoga

By Amber Aldrich Maybe you’ve heard of RVA’s newest wellness trend from social media or your friends, but if you haven’t, I’m…

Where Passion Meets Fashion: Sweetest Stitch Boutique

By Riley Savedge In a world full of fast fashion and overwhelming online scrolling, Sweetest Stitch offers a refreshingly different presence: style…

Exploring Books and Penguins with 5th Grade’s Kate Cunningham

By Allis Derian As I walked through the colorful hallways of Flippin Hall, the sounds of Middle Schoolers yelling, lockers slamming, and…

Torch 5804 at FIRST Worlds: Losing Isn’t Failing

By Hunt Brabrand The almost deafening roar of the enormous space hit me first. The sounds of multiple announcers talking over one…

Trip Featherston: Teacher, Coach, Lifelong Cougar

By Sam Settar It all started in 1989, after a phone call from Charlie McFall, Collegiate’s head varsity football coach and Athletic…

Do You Hear the Students Sing? Behind the Scenes of Les Mis

By Kate Hogan On Thursday, October 23, Baxter Phillips (‘26), as Jean Valjean, stole a loaf of bread. And with that, the…

A New Life After Fleeing Afghanistan In 2021

By Leah Johnston When she landed in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 2021, all Rukhsar Balkhi had was a small assortment of…

Catching Up With Katie Roski

By A.V. Musick “Am I going to be on social media? Can you make me famous?” a student asked excitedly as I…

A Day with Sarah Williamson, Lower School Reading Specialist

By Emery Williamson Ever since she was a little girl, my mom, Lower School Reading Specialist Sarah Williamson, aspired to be a…